There is little evidence that workshops alone have a lasting impact on the day-to-day practice of participants. The current paper examined a strategy to increase generalization and maintenance of skills in the natural environment using pseudo-patients and immediate performance feedback to reinforce skills acquisition. A random half of pharmacies (N=30) took part in workshop training aimed at optimizing consumers' use of nonprescription analgesic products. Pharmacies in the training group also received performance feedback on their adherence to the recommended protocol. Feedback occurred immediately after a pseudo-patient visit in which confederates posed as purchasers of analgesics, and combined positive and corrective elements. Trained pharmacists were significantly more accurate at identifying people who misused the medication (P<0.001). The trained pharmacists were more likely than controls to use open-ended questions (P<0.001), assess readiness to change problematic use (P <0.001), and to deliver a brief intervention that was tailored to the person's commitment to alter his/her usage (P <0.001). Participants responded to the feedback positively. Results were consistent with the hypothesis that when workshop is combined with on-site performance feedback, it enhances practitioners' adherence to protocols in the natural setting.

dc.language

eng

dc.title

Novel educational training program for community pharmacists

dc.type

Journal Article

dc.parent

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

dc.journal.volume

3

dc.journal.volume

64

dc.journal.number

3

en_US

dc.publocation

Alexandria

en_US

dc.publocation

USA

dc.identifier.startpage

302

en_US

dc.identifier.endpage

307

en_US

dc.cauo.name

SCI.Medical and Molecular Biosciences

en_US

dc.conference

Verified OK

en_US

dc.conference

International Conference on Broadband and Biomedical Communications

dc.for

1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy

dc.personcode

111638

dc.percentage

100

en_US

dc.classification.name

Curriculum and Pedagogy

en_US

dc.classification.type

FOR-08

en_US

dc.edition

en_US

dc.custom

en_US

dc.date.activity

en_US

dc.date.activity

2010-12-15

dc.location.activity

ISI:000089671000013

en_US

dc.location.activity

Malaga, Spain

pubs.embargo.period

Not known

pubs.organisational-group

/University of Technology Sydney

pubs.organisational-group

/University of Technology Sydney/Graduate School of Health

pubs.organisational-group

/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - Health Services and Practice Research